I’ve had Windows 8 for two weeks now. It is hard to figure out. Some of the processes are not intuitive. Usually I can figure out actions by clicks and keyboard shortcuts; it’s not working with “8”
If I did not have twin monitors I would have trashed 8 within a week.
I get the feeling that 8 is made for touch screens. I can visualize how it would interrelate between phones, pads and a touchscreen computer. Also, it has some good design features if you’re an email, texting, twitter or facebook fiend.
If you’re a small business owner who does not use those programs, save your money and stick with 7. If I cannot figure out some issues, I’ll be reformatting and returning to 7 soon. 7 worked beautifully; I thought 8 would be better. It’s not. It’s different.
Have you tried reverting from the METRO interface to the standard? If so, how radically different is 8 from 7? I am currently using Windows Phone 8 and like it, but I would not want it on a standard laptop. On a tablet or a nicely designed touch screen interface, it would be a tossup.
From early articles on 8, it's MS' attempt to merge the interfaces of both the desktop & handhelds.
I'm still on XP. I recently upgraded a hard drive, and migrated the old system partition to the new drive with fewer miles, er, hours, on it.
I also added or replaced other things, so it phoned home to Seattle. MS took the opportunity to not recognize the OS as legit (Same cpu, mobo, and old disk still installed), and tried to sell me 7, my mobo setup not up to the 8 minimum.
I had to pull out the XP install disk and license, but fortunately, the self repair feature worked, for the most part.